England 6 v 1 Ireland Date 02 Mar 1889 Venue Anfield Attendance 6500 England Ireland Albert Aldridge [Walsall Town Swifts] John Brodie [Wolverhampton Wanderers] Frank Burton [Nottingham Forest] Thomas Clare [Stoke City] Harry Daft [Notts County] Joseph Lofthouse [Accrington Stanley] William Rowley [Stoke City] Alfred Shelton [Notts County] David Weir [Bolton Wanderers] Charles Wreford-Brown [Oxford University] John Yates [Burnley] John Clugston, M Goodbody, James Watson, Alexander Crawford, Archibald Rosbotham, Samuel Cooke, Arthur Gaussen, Ollie Stanfield, John Barry, James Wilton, John Peden.